Client Perceptions of Counselors-In-Training: The Effects of Sex and Gender Role Orientation
β Scribed by IRENE MASS AMETRANO; JOHN G. PAPPAS
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 890 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-0035
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β¦ Synopsis
IRENE MASS AMETRANO
JOHN Q. PAPPAS 1be e8'ec:ta of the eex of the couD8elor and ofgender role orientation on cUent ratings ofc:ouneeJora-In-tnIn1ng were examined. An InteraeUon between eexand gender role odentat1Clll .... found for cWferencea In clients' wI1I1ngnese to refer a friend to the couuelor. bbpbcat1Clll* for tralnIng and tae8I'Ch are dlBcuued.
Foryeara reeearcl1era have bied to better understand the counselor andβ’client variables that conbibute to poslUve ellent perceptions and effectlve COUDIIellng outcomes. For those who tra1n counselors.
knowledge about what makes an eft'ecUve counselor Is essentlal.
Although the counselor education llterature has focused at length on the neceelary helping aldlla and the core attitudes of empathy. genulneneea. and poetUve regard. less attention has been given to the personallty v8rlables and personal characteristics that may affect the acquisition of these skllls or their use ln counse1lng situations (Fong & Borders. 1985). Two of the variables that have been associated with dlfl'erences ln counselor behavior. cllent experiences. and counsellng outcome are the sex of the counselor and gender role orientation (Nelson. 1993).In thls study. the relatlonshlps between these two variables and ellent perceptions of counselors-lntralnlng are examined.
Research on the effects of the sex of the counselor on counse1lng outcomes Is equivocal. Maleand female cllents have reported greater improvement and satlsfactlon with female therapists than with male therapists (Jones. Krupnick. & Kerlg. 1987;Kirshner. Genack. &
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